The Federal Government's 40 per cent tax on miners is forecast to reap $12 billion in four years.

Mr Swan says Ms Bligh is reflecting concerns that many of those in the industry will have reflected to her.

"We are having discussions with the industry there is a consultation process going on," he said.

Queensland Treasurer Andrew Fraser wants the Commonwealth to lift the threshold for its new mining tax.

Mr Fraser says the federal budget was boring but he means it as a compliment.

He says next month's state budget will have a similar lack of zing.

'Right now good budgeting requires a little bit of boredom," he said.

"What you're going to see is the same sort of spending discipline, the same sort of lack of big ideas, the same sort of lack of razzle dazzle, the same sort of lack of every industry group wins a prize, the same sort of every lack of lobby group getting a prize, the same sort of complete lack of zing."

But he does have a specific suggestion for the controversial super profits mining tax.

Mr Fraser says instead of kicking in at the risk-free return rate of 6 per cent, the tax should apply after miners get about 11 per cent profit.

'We need to make sure that we look at the current definition which I think is arguably too low," he said.

But the Queensland Opposition says the mining tax and loss of more GST revenue for the health system means Queensland has been sold out.

Covering nearly one-third of the continent, in deserts with poor soils, humble Australian spinifex grasses contain nano-sized particles that can amp the performance of a range of everyday items, researcher Nasim Amiralian writes.

Former treasurer Wayne Swan says that real private sector wages have grown by just 1 per cent under the Abbott and Turnbull governments, which he says equates to only one year of growth under the previous Labor government.